Kenneth hired independent experts to review the mansion and eventually decided not to reopen the affected bedrooms.

He could have repaired them, but the house had become a place of uncertainty for the boys.

They told him they preferred the cottage, where the kitchen was small enough for everyone to sit together and where no hallway felt too long to cross alone.

The billionaire who had once boasted about his estate’s hundred rooms put the property up for sale after the necessary disclosures and remediation work were complete.

He kept Madeline’s garden bench and the collection of family photographs.